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Monday, October 11, 2010

In the Latest Cool Archaeology News: Students discover lost medieval town

Amateur archaeologists in the Vale of Glamorgan believe they have uncovered a lost medieval village. The Time Signs archaeology students made the discovery behind the railway viaduct at Porthkerry near Barry.

They are working with tutor Karl James Langford to prove his theory that the village of Whitelands existed. A house platform which forms part of the manor house has been found as well as big quantities of medieval pottery and evidence of other buildings.

When I was in England, I read about a dig near an ancient Benedictine monastery in Wales where they were desecrating excavating the graves of monks. The thought popped into my head, "What would they do if they found one incorrupt."

Aaaand...

AN EARLY medieval brooch found in the remnants of a turf fire in a north Kerry range earlier this year, went on permanent display at the Kerry County Museum in Tralee last night.

The Martara brooch, was found in the grate of the range of Sheila and Pat Joe Edgeworth of Martara, Ballylongford last February.

Now, of course, the coolest part of this cool archaeology story is the brooch.

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